Saturday 23 January 2010

KATHARINE II

Ship No 160


She was an order from the then (aptly named) “War Department”.

She was a Twin Screw Motor vessel of 180 tons, with a length overall of 114 feet and beam of 22 feet.

She was launched from the Leith yard on the 1st of May 1930.

A decade that was to start with “The Great Depression” and end with the beginning of World War II.

H.M.S.HERALD (Ship No 512) the lead ship here in the Med.

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